Willie Davies
Athlete
1916 – 2002
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Who was Willie Davies?
Bill Davies was a Welsh professional rugby league footballer of the 1940s, playing at representative level for Wales, and at club level for Huddersfield, as a Fullback, Centre, or Stand-off/Five-eighth, i.e. number 1, 3 or 4, or 6.
Davies played at centre in Huddersfield's 4–13 defeat to Wigan in the 1945–46 Northern Rugby Football League season's Championship final at Maine Road, Manchester on Saturday 18 May 1946.
In the first full season after the war, a new record transfer fee of £1,650 was set when Dewsbury bought Davies from Huddersfield.
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- Born
- Aug 23, 1916
Penclawdd - Also known as
- William Davies
- Nationality
- Wales
- Lived in
- Penclawdd
- Died
- Sep 26, 2002
Rustington
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on July 23, 2013
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